Nine Days!

Yes people. . . You heard me, Nine Days!
Elder Raia comes home in Nine Days!!
We all can't wait to see him!

I'm sure it will be hard to leave all the people he has gotten to know and love. . .

And the country he has been serving in for the last two years.

He will be able to turn in his bike for something with four wheels and a motor.

Can you believe two years have gone by so fast!?!

By the way. . . He sent an e-mail saying he has been pretty sick and spent some time in the hospital. (He didn't give any more details than that *Girrr* ) He is doing better, but he could use our prayers.

See you soon Elder!!

No Fish, No Bombs, No Crawling in the Vents!

Here is the latest from Elder Raia. He sounds great! Doing good and working hard!

This week was pretty good. This has been the first week in a long time that we were able to spend the whole week in our own area! It was really good. We found 2 new people to teach, Kazuya and Jungo. We actually just met with Jungo again this morning. We tried to commit him to baptism but hes pretty strong in his faiths. He belongs to a religion called Mahikari. I'm not sure what it is in English...True Light??? But hes actually studying to be a missionary for Mahikari. but he said that hes willing to consider the truth of our church.

Also this week we had Elder Choi from the quorum of the 70 do a mission tour. It was sooooooooo good! I had really specific worries and questions that I was thinking about before the conference and within 10mins of his talk he answered all of them. It was amazing! I was praying for answers and God answered them so bluntly. Also Hyde Choro and I got to be interviewed by him. He interviewed all the zone leaders together and then 1 Elder and 1 Sister. So we were lucky!What do you think this picture means??? Here we say- No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service! There I guess they say - No Fish, No Bombs, No Crawling in the Vents!

I can't wait to hear all of his stories in a few weeks when he gets home!